Perhaps my standards are low, but I'm quite pleased with the performance of all my lenses on the *istD. I even like the results I've achieved witht the much maligned FA 80-320. My manual focus lenses, which are mostly k series glass, have produced images that please me greatly. I've also had good feedback from the magazine I shoot for and the stock houses. All of these clients had been receiving 6x7 transparencies and/or scans from me. They've had nothing but good things to say about the digital images that I've been providing for the last year. I really can't fault any of my lenses on the *istD. Paul
> it doesn't matter. the difference between the best lenses and the next > quality is much higher on the *istD than on film. a top lens will still be a > top lens. a good lens on film isn't a good lens on digital anymore. a very > good lens might or might not be. the 1.5 crop factor for switching to the > *istD increases the differences between lens sharpness. lenses that deliver > resolution much higher than the sensor is capable of will continue to be > excellent lenses. ones that are getting down to the sensor's resolution are > going to look at lot worse on the *istD than on film. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:35 PM > Subject: Re: Manual Focus Pentax Glass on istD > > > > Are you looking at your results on equal size prints with the > > same field of view (8x10s from the results on film with say a > > 50mm vs a comparable 35mm on the DSLR?) or are you looking at a > > pixel for pixel display straight out of the camera and comparing > > that to ?? for the film camera? > >
